AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – The Dutch Safety Board, issuing long-awaited findings on Tuesday of its investigation into the crash of a Malaysian passenger plane over eastern Ukraine, is expected to say it was downed by a Russian-made Buk missile but not say who was responsible for firing it. …read more Source:...

Dalje English Russian-German energy cooperation goes back a long time, and remains a vital part of the two countries’ economic ties. While the recent crisis in Ukraine has strained political relations, shared ventures in the lucrative energy industry continue regardless. When German families spend cosy nights in their gas-heated homes this...

Dalje English The Dutch Safety Board on Monday was winding up its investigation into the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over Ukraine which killed all 298 people on board. The report, to be presented Tuesday at the military airport of Gilze-Rijen in the country’s south, is to answer whether the Boeing jet was struck by a The post...

The new Ukrainian cyberpolice force is tasked with protecting the country and its citizens from malicious Internet activity, and is expected to do it better than its predecessors. Photo by Ruslan Stepanov for Demotix. Images mixed by Tetyana Lokot. Ukraine’s law enforcement ranks will soon feature a special division tasked with preventing...

The Dutch Safety Board will present the results of a 15-month investigation into the MH17 air disaster on Tuesday – finally establishing how the airliner was destroyed over eastern Ukraine …read more Source: The...

In Sunday’s presidential elections in Belarus, the incumbent Alexander Lukashenko claimed an overwhelming victory and secured his fifth term in office. This was hardly surprising — over two decades of one-man rule, political opposition has been eliminated, society has turned apathetic, and elections have become a farce. But the recent...

In the period January-August 2015 Bulgaria’s export to countries outside the EU has increased by 5.3% on the same period of 2014 and amounts to EUR 5.6 billion. Bulgaria’s major trade partners among those countries are: Turkey, China, Serbia, the Russian Federation, Singapore, the USA and Macedonia, which form 54.9% of the export for...

Between January and August 2015, Bulgaria recorded a negative balance of trade with third countries amounting to BGN 572.2 M. In August alone, Bulgaria had a negative balance of trade with third countries amounting to BGN 142.4 M. This became evident from the latest figures of the National Statistical Institute (NSI), which were released on...